ACCU 2013 and D

Russel Winder russel at winder.org.uk
Sun Jan 20 01:15:14 PST 2013


As some of you know, the C User Group UK and the European C and C++ User
Group long ago merged to create the Association of C and C++ Users
(ACCU). Over the years, the emphasis on C and C++ gave way to a more
diverse approach including patterns, Java, Python, Go, agile processes.
Even the name of the group formally changed to ACCU to lose the direct C
and C++ link. Due to the history, members of the group had and retain
roles with the British Standards Institute, as the UK representatives on
the C and C++ standards committees, especially the C++ one. When it is
the UK's turn to host a C++ standards committee meeting, the meeting is
either before or after the ACCU conference, and the obvious suspects get
drafted in to do keynotes and other talks at the conference, as well as
ACCU members attending the open meetings of JTC1/SC22/WG21.
http://accu.org/index.php/conferences/accu_conference_2013

This seems like an ideal opportunity to do a lightning talk (5 mins) on
why C++ is crap and D is the only native code language that should be
used. (I have a history in this group of bashing C++ :-) It would be
really helpful to create a few one liners (with code examples) as to why
D is the clear language of choice for native code working and, C++, Go,
Rust, Clay, etc. should be consigned to the dustbin of history. People
will expect me to emphasize concurrency and parallelism issues so it
would be good to throw others into the mix as well.

Thanks in advance for any input. Attribution of sources if appropriate
will be given unless people prefer anonymity!

-- 
Russel.
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